Grant Eligibility Checker
Answer three questions to see which federal grant categories match your organization type and find programs you may be eligible for. Data from SAM.gov and Grants.gov, covering federal grant programs and opportunities across all 50 states; see our methodology.
Federal Grant Eligibility by Organization Type
The table below shows which organization types each major grant category is open to, based on SAM.gov Assistance Listings data.
| Category | Nonprofit | Education | Government | Small Business | Individual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Health | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Science & Research | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agriculture | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Housing | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Environment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Transportation | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Business Development | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Arts & Culture | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Check marks indicate that at least some programs in the category accept that organization type. Individual program eligibility varies.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
| Publisher | PlainGrants |
| Sources | the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov |